Round 19:
Hull take thriller in Catalans

Hull clinched their second win in the south of France, by 24-16, to extend their winning run in the engage Super League to 11 matches and move to within two points of leaders St Helens.

Peter Sharp's men, who triumphed 34-28 in Perpignan in April, were given another tough test in Narbonne before securing victory with two tries in the last quarter.

The kick-off was brought forward to enable the French to watch their team play in the World Cup quarter-final and Hull raced into a 12-0 lead after 17 minutes.

Captain Richard Swain came up with a break and full-back Motu Tony continued play for leading scorer Richard Horne to finish off by touching down for the ninth successive game.

Great Britain winger Gareth Raynor added a second try five minutes later and Paul Cooke added his second conversion to make it 12-0.

Dragons back rower Ian Hindmarsh burst through to score from a Chris Beattie pass and winger Justin Murphy added a second 10 minutes before the break after intercepting a pass by Tony and racing 90 metres.

Stacey Jones' conversion cut the deficit to 14-10 at half-time, Cooke having added a penalty to his two conversions.

Jones then levelled the scores with a solo try nine minutes into the second half and added the conversion to put his side in front for the first time at 16-14.

The French had their chances but Hull struck a decisive blow on 59 minutes when Horne sliced through the home defence to set up a try for substitute Shaun Briscoe and centre Sid Domic made sure of the win with his side's fourth try three minutes from the end.

Catalans Dragons (10) 16. Tries: Hindmarsh, Murphy, Jones. Goals: Jones 2.

Hull (14) 24. Tries: R. Horne, Raynor, Briscoe, Domic. Goals: Cooke 4.

Catalans Dragons: Guigue, Murphy, Wilson, Khattabi, Verges, Rudder, Jones, Beattie, Cologni, Guisset, Fakir, Hindmarsh, Mounis. Replacements: Fellous, Berthezene, Jampy, Casty.

Hull: Tony, Blacklock, Whiting, Domic, Raynor, Cooke, R. Horne, Dowes, Swain, Carvell, Radford, McMenemy, Washbrook. Replacements: Briscoe, Wheeldon, Chester, Thackray.

Referee: P Bentham (Warrington)

Att: 4,479

Source: www.superleague.co.uk